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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
6
Danbury Newsman James Montgomery Bailey recounts a wry incident in which a Newtown property buyer asks about the stream’s size. Bailey’s acquaintance Mr Halley quips that from the comb factory to the railroad bridge the river is navigable for flat-bottomed eels, a humorous boast about a small brook.
A colonial era note recalls beliefs that death looms when owls perch on Arundel and Wardour battlements, a sturgeon surfaces in the River Trent for Clifton Tall, a Benedictine nun omen for Middleton, and a tree trunk floating in a Brereton lake before heirs die, from London P. L. Weekly.
A satirical line from Puck mocks a town’s lazy citizen. The Old Codger questions why the man, lacking honesty self-respect and ambition, should not run for office. The quip highlights community names Tom Dick and Harry and a potential election’s dishonor with no family to tarnish.
Morace Walpole recounts a 1750 White's Coffee House incident where a man died at the door and was carried in. The betting club debated whether he was dead, and when they planned to bleed him, objections arose that it would affect the bet, so they stopped.
Edward A Curtis, famed photographer of Indians, was initiated into the Order of the Snake by the Hort Indians in Washington state. He endured nine days in an underground cell with fasting as part of the rites. About 150 snakes were used. none had fangs, and the ceremonies were explained to him. Curtis received support from J Pierpont Morgan for his work, while President Roosevelt declined to have him photograph Alice Roosevelt’s wedding.
A vintage ad-style note touts H.F. Bins bold preparation touted as restoring vigor and vitality. It claims to plow fatigue from nerves, offering renewed energy and strength for men.
An elderly man in Lambert England faced an industrial school officer seeking a maintenance order for the son of a woman he married two years earlier. The man claimed he did not know of the boy yet magistrate Mr Hopkins noted the difficulty of such obligations. An order was set at 50 cents a week.
A famous anecdote portrays Henry Clay replying to an old Kentucky mountaineer who declines his vote on the bank bill. Clay urges fairness, likening the man to a hunter who never discards a gun after a misfire, promising to try again.
The British consul at Wuchow notes 60 government schools in the prefecture have opened uniforms for students. Uniforms are coats and trousers of foreign cut with brass buttons and peak caps, shoes of foreign pattern, and khaki in military schools. Caps, buttons, and braid come from Japan. Hong Kong supplies shoes, though inferior local leather versions exist.
Manager Henderson refused a metropolitan theater box seat to a clearly intoxicated patron who demanded a seat and pressed for a reason. When asked why, Henderson said the patron was drunk, prompting the witty retort that he was indeed drunk and would not attend otherwise.
Milwaukee physician Dr. John B. Worden advocates a strenuous upbringing for infants to toughen them for life. His daughters Shirley eight and Jane three are cited as proof, reportedly free from disease, even exposed to cold barefoot and lightly clothed in snow.
W. 11. Graves Medoo and Santo Blting from Certhago announce De. Reu a Healing Powder and C. 1) Cure as preferred remedies for barb wire cuts, galls and proud flesh. The advertisement asserts their effectiveness over other medicines.
In Washington, ex Senator Cockrell kept President Roosevelt waiting at a cabinet dinner. He misread the calendar, thinking the event was a day later, and stayed home in his dressing gown until a messenger confirmed the correct date. The mix up caused anxiety but ended in shared laughter.
A returned traveler relays anecdotes of strict French tourism enforcement. An American slipped into a shallow lake and, dripping, faced an officer who demanded name and address. The officer declared bathing forbidden and stated he listens to extenuating circumstances. The account reflects rigid enforcement and cautionary tone from Youth's Companion.
In Manitoba beaver are protected from shooting or trapping and their numbers rise. Colonies now line the Ochre and Turtle rivers east of Dauphin with one dam near a railway bridge. Residents visit at night to watch the beavers work, but some damming causes flooding on nearby farms. Government in Winnipeg granted permission to open the dams but not to harm the animals as numbers grow.
In Washington a stranger visiting Senator Bailey at his hotel, claiming to be a gentleman, sought a “touch” by presenting a card. After a brief talk, the man asserted he wished to return to his country, and the senator asked pointedly if he had instituted bankruptcy proceedings.
In a puzzling exchange a dealer notes an earthquake sensed by an eastern seismograph 14,000 miles away yet remains unreported. The dialogue questions if the event truly occurred, with the conclusion that such earthquakes often go unnoticed for long periods.
Crew tine of ranks and suit panca Joyce and Lee soldom packages to 109 at Btration’s.
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